Remembering Kirk Gibson's home run, 25 years later

Los Angeles Dodgers Kirk Gibson raises his arm in celebration as he rounds the bases after hitting a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Oakland A's 5-4 in the first game of the World Series at Dodger Stadium Oct. 15, 1988.

At 8:37 p.m. local time on Oct. 15, 1988, Kirk Gibson reached out across the plate from the left-handed batters box at Dodger Stadium.

He flipped his bat awkwardly with as much arm strength has he could generate since his legs were of little use at that point.

The result was a fly ball that kept going and going and going, and the backdoor slider from future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley landed in the right-field pavilion.